CAPE POND COMPANY ANNOUNCES 2005 "COOLEST DAD CONTEST" WINNER
Ten year-old Hannah Grimes from Gloucester, MA nominated her father Gary Grimes as " awesomely COOL " in her 220 word essay. (Hannah's English teacher at West Parish School had only just taught how to write in paragraphs!) Based on Hannah's enthusiastic endorsement of her Dad, Gary Grimes has been selected as our grand prize winner for 2005. The following is an excerpt from Hannah's essay: "My Dad and I do tons of COOL stuff together... go for walks, have cookouts, watch COOL shows, go dirtbiking.... My dad and I do the Fishbox Derby together. He made me a wicked COOL Fishbox derby car. My dad and I spent lots of time working on it together. The fist time we raced I made it to the final, that's how good he made it! Fishbox derby is one of the many hobbies and things me and my COOL dad do together... My Dad is as COOL as the in the Artic Ocean." As the grand prize "Coolest Dad" winner, Gary has won our Cape Pond gift basket with a Cape Pond hooded sweatshirt, t-shirts, a cap, coffee mug and beer stein, koozies, long sleeve t-shirt, a water bottle, and a $50 dollar gift certificate. Gary will also be featured on the Cape Pond website and our newsletter. For her winning nomination, Hannah has received a new Cape Pond pink "Coolest Gals Around" t-shirt. Two runners-up were also selected out of the "Coolest Dad" essays submitted: Magee Giarrosso from Rockport, MA for her great father, Tim Giarrosso an artist who has stayed passionate and true to himself; and Lynn Fodor from Staten Island, New York, who nominated her deceased dad who passed away at age 91 last September, after a life of providing for her and her family in the face of many struggles. Both will receive runner-up Gift Certificates. We would like to thank everyone who participated in this year's contest and we look forward to the "Coolest Dad" submissions for 2006.
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